Metal frame for window-screens



J. A. FEIERABEND.`

l METAL FRAME FOR WINDOW SCREENS.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 6. 1915.

1,171,184. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

METAL FRAME FOR WINDOW-SCREENS.

To all whom t mayiooncern y l Be it known that I, JOHN A. Failing" BEND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swissvale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newl and useful Improvements in Metal Frames for l/Vindow-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window screens and more particularly to that class of screens which is eXtensible, being composed of a plurality of sections.

An important object of this invention is the provision of a spring member for slidably holding the sections together.

Another object is to provide means for strengthening the corners and prevent their coming apart. Y

With these and other objects in view such as simplicity, cheapness in manufacture, durability and the general improvement of the art, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of my improved screen open its full width, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, Fig. 3 is an end view of the screen closed, Fig. 4 is a detail view partly in section, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a side and a top strip showing thespring guide, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of one corner showing the strip retainer, and Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts in the several views, `the numeral 1 designates the screen as a whole, and 2 and 3 designate the sections comprising the screen. These sections are identical in construction and consist of the frame 4, 5, 6 and 7 and mesh or screen wire 8. The parts 4, 5, 6 and 7 are bent upon Vthemselves forming portions 9 and 10 between which the screen wire 8 is clamped. One end of each of the portions 1() of the parts 4 and 6 is cut as at 11 as shown in Fig. 5 to form spring guide members 12. The portions 9 of the parts 4 and 6 are inserted between the portions 9 and 10 of 7 and the portion 10 is inserted between the portions 9 and 10 of the part 5. The joints thus made are secured by the pressing of an X-shaped retainer 13 convex on one side and concave on Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application mea october s, l1915. seriai 110.54395.'

Vthe .other side, into each of the corner-s of Y the screen sections 2 and 3.

' The spring guide members 12 which en- .d gage the parts 4 and 6 of the opposite section, are tempered to impart springiness to the metal, and then turned part way back to form a guide so shaped that the eXtreme end will alone bear against the opposite section and thereby insure the least possible friction in moving the sections. spring guides .12 also hold thesections in close contact and prevent insects from working between the sections.

These Having thus described my invention what i I claim is:

1. A window screen comprising sections slidably secured together, each of said sections Vcomprising a four piece frame and wirescreen secured in said frame, the bottom and top piecesof said frame having portions cut to form spring guides adjacent their ends, and means for securing the corners of said frames together.

2. A window screen comprising sections slidably secured together, each of said sections comprising a four piece frame and wire screen secured in said frame, the bottom Aand top pieces of said frame having portions cut to form spring guides adjacent their ends, the extreme ends of the free ends of said guides contacting with theA top Vand bottom strips of the adjoining section.

3.'In a window screen comprising sections, a metallic frame for said sections, said frame comprising four pieces bent upon themselves to fo-rm clamping faces for holding Vthe wire screen, the top and bottom pieces of said frame having one of their said clamping faces cut at one endv to form a lug the width of the side piece leaving a single thickness of metal, said single thickness of metal being inserted between the clamping faces of the adjacent side piece formingthree sides of said frame, the opposite clamping face of said top and bot-r themselves to form clamping strips to hold at the corners that one clamping face is dis'- posed between the two clamping` faces of the adjacent strip and thus held in position, and le portions of the joints pressed outwardly to look said oints.

In rtestimony whereof l hereto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ANTON FEIERABEND. 'Witnesses R. M. NEELY,

lV. M. REED.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

